2020 was a very challenging year for small shops and businesses. Lockdowns and shopping online were two major challenges to the nature of local, brick & mortar shops, especially in urban cities. These are some of the shops that closed in 2020. Some shops moved to an online only format. Other shops relocated from cities to smaller rural towns. Then there are shops that decided to shutter all their operations. Brick & mortar shops are the backbone of our neighborhoods, towns and cities. Shops and shopkeepers add community and character to their locales. So we are always sad to see any close. This list honors some of the shops that closed in 2020, several of which had been in business eighteen plus years. (There are probably many more that we are not even aware of yet). Help us “Save Our Shops” by supporting shop local and shop small as much as possible. We hope to see some reopen again when the time and place is right.
2 Note, Hudson
Acorn, Boerum Hill, Brooklyn
Wooden Sleepers, Red Hook, Brooklyn
i Gigi General Store, Hove, U.K.
The Quality Mending Co., Soho & Williamsburg (now open on The Bowery)
Kaas Glassworks, West Village
Brooklyn Charm, Williamsburg
Pas Mal, Greenpoint
Pip Squeak Chapeau, Greenpoint
Regular Visitors, Brooklyn
More & Co., Maine
Jeffreys, Chelsea
Henderson’s, Edinburgh
Stories Bookshop, Brooklyn
The Bloke, LA
Sprout Home, Williamsburg
IGWT, Brooklyn
Hawkins NY, NYC & Hudson
The Vintage Rose, Tasmania
Henderson’s, Edinburgh
Magma, Manchester U.K.
The Dorking Deli, Dorking U.K.
Saturdays NYC, West Village (Soho still open)
Meg, West Village (other locations still open)
500 Goodbyes, article from NY Mag
